Overcoming the defences of the superbugs – Monash Lens – Monash Lens

Researchers have not discovered new antibiotics in decades. But our new research, published today in Nature Microbiology, has found a way to give a second wind to the antibiotics we do have.
It involves the use of viruses that kill bacteria.
The problem
Hospitals are scary, and the longer you remain in them, the greater your risk. Among these risks, hospital-acquired infections are probably the biggest. Each year in Australia, 180,000 patients suffer infections that prolong their hospital stays,…

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